SEC Football by the Numbers Week 7: Florida's Meyer goes for record with Arkansas omens aligning against Gators

BILL HABER/Associated PressFlorida coach Urban Meyer yells from the sidelines during the Gators' 13-3 victory over LSU last week. Meyer would match former Alabama coach Frank Thomas' SEC record with his 50th victory in his 59th game since coming into the league if top-ranked Florida defeats Arkansas on Saturday.0 Trips into the red zone for Georgia's offense last week. The Bulldogs did not take a snap inside the Tennessee 20-yard line in a 45-19 loss to the Volunteers.

0 Plays of at least 30 yards given up by the Florida defense this season. The Gators are the only team in the nation that has not allowed a play of at least 30 yards. The biggest gain against Florida this season is a 27-yard pass in the Gators' opening game by Charleston Southern.

1 Touchdown run needed by Florida QB Tim Tebow to tie Herschel Walker's record for the most in SEC history. Walker ran for 49 touchdowns for Georgia from 1980 through 1982.

1 Player in SEC history with two 100-yard kickoff returns in the same season. Georgia's Brandon Boykin ran one back all the way against Tennessee last week, duplicating his return against South Carolina on Sept. 12. Boykin became the SEC's fourth player with two 100-yard kickoff returns and the second to join that group this season. Kentucky's Derrick Locke had a 100-yard return against Louisville on Sept. 19 after doing the same against Western Kentucky last season. Ole Miss' John Avery and Arkansas' Felix Jones are the other players in SEC history with two 100-yard kickoff returns.

1 Top-ranked team in the past 20 years that has visited an opponent with at least a 5-0 record and come back with a victory -- Florida, which beat LSU 13-3 last week. The situation has occurred four other times in the past two decades, with the No. 1 team losing every game. In 1993, No. 1 Florida State lost at Notre Dame. In 1996, No. 1 Florida lost at Florida State. In 2000, No. 1 Nebraska lost at Oklahoma. In 2008, No. 1 Texas lost at Texas Tech.

1 Touchdown needed by Florida QB Tim Tebow to stand alone as the most prolific point producer in SEC history. Tebow is tied with former Florida QB Danny Wuerffel for the conference record for touchdown responsibility with 122. Tebow has 74 TD passes and 48 TD runs.

2 Times that Arkansas has beaten the nation's top-ranked team on Oct. 17, the date of the Razorbacks' game against No. 1 Florida. Arkansas beat No. 1 Texas 14-13 on Oct. 17, 1964, and 42-11 on Oct. 17, 1981. Arkansas has a 4-11 record when playing the No. 1 team, with two losses against Florida. Arkansas also beat No. 1 Texas 27-24 on Oct. 16, 1965, and No. 1 LSU 50-48 in triple overtime on Nov. 23, 2007.

2 Losses in three road games this season for Georgia, which visits Vanderbilt on Saturday. Georgia came into the season with a 30-4 record on its opponents' home field under coach Mark Richt.

2 Straight losses to Arkansas by Auburn as a ranked team. The Tigers lost to the Razorbacks last week after breaking into the AP poll for the first time this season at No. 17. Auburn's loss to Arkansas last season put the Tigers out of the rankings for good for 2008. Auburn also lost to Vanderbilt the week before the 2008 Arkansas defeat, so the Tigers have lost their past three games as a ranked team.

2 Consecutive opponents that Arkansas has scored the most points that it has ever scored against them. Arkansas' 44 points last week were the most it had ever scored against Auburn. That came after the Razorbacks scored 47 points the week before against Texas A&M for the most points that Arkansas had ever scored against the Aggies. The most points that Arkansas has scored against Saturday's opponent Florida is 30.

3 Teams in the nation that have scored on every possession in the red zone this season. Arkansas, which is 20-for-20 inside it opponents' 20, joins Virginia and San Jose State as the only teams that have scored on every red-zone possession.

3 Players in the nation who have averaged at least 100 rushing yards per game and scored at least 10 touchdowns this season -- Alabama's Mark Ingram, Oregon State's Jacquizz Rodgers and Stanford's Toby Gerhart.

3 Arkansas players in the top four in the SEC in receiving yards per game. The Razorbacks' Joe Adams, Greg Childs and Jarius Wright rank second through fourth, respectively.

4 Consecutive undefeated teams faced by Arkansas when the Razorbacks take the field against Florida on Saturday. Arkansas lost to unbeaten Alabama on Sept. 26, then beat previously undefeated Texas A&M on Oct. 3 and Auburn on Oct. 10.

4 Games in which Arkansas has scored at least 40 points, the only team in the nation with that many 40-point games.

6 Of the nine losses that coach Urban Meyer has suffered at Florida that have been inflicted by SEC West teams. Meyer has a 7-6 regular-season record against SEC West opponents. He has a 42-3 record at Florida in all other games, which includes two victories over SEC West opponents in the conference championship game.

6 SEC teams in the top 12 nationally in pass defense, with Florida at No. 1, Vanderbilt at No. 2, South Carolina at No. 6, Alabama at No. 7, Ole Miss at No. 10 and Tennessee at No. 12. The NCAA FBS rankings are based on yards yielded per game. Florida has given up an average of 115.2 passing yards per game. Perhaps not coincidentally, four SEC teams are among the top 11 in the nation in rushing offense -- No. 2 Florida, No. 7 Auburn, No. 10 Mississippi State and No. 11 Alabama.

6 Victories without a loss for Alabama against Ole Miss when the game is televised by CBS. CBS carried the Crimson Tide's 22-3 victory at Ole Miss last week.

7 Interceptions thrown in the past two games by Ole Miss QB Jevan Snead, who had four passes picked off in Saturday's loss to Alabama after tossing three interceptions in the Rebels' win over Vanderbilt on Oct. 3. Snead has thrown 22 interceptions in 18 games at Ole Miss.

8 Yards separating Florida's Brandon James and Alabama's Javier Arenas at the top of the SEC's all-time total kick-return yardage chart. James passed former Kentucky WR Derek Abney three weeks ago to take over as the SEC's career leader and now has 3,397 combined punt- and kickoff-return yards. Arenas also has passed Abney and has 3,389 yards. Arenas' yardage total uses the Alabama figure for his punt-return yardage (110 returns for 1,546 yards) and not the figure in this week's SEC release (108 returns for 1,533 yards). Using the higher figure, Arenas is 150 yards away from becoming the SEC's leader in career punt-return yards. Lee Nalley, who had 1,695 punt-return yards, for Vanderbilt from 1947 through 1949, holds that record. Arenas needs 216 punt-return yards to break Wes Welker's NCAA record of 1,761 for Texas Tech from 2000-03.

10 Straight seasons in which Florida has lost to an SEC West opponent. SEC West member Arkansas visits the top-ranked Gators on Saturday. Florida hasn't swept its annual three-game set against the SEC West since beating Alabama, LSU and Auburn on consecutive October Saturdays in 1998.

10 Straight victories over Kentucky for South Carolina, which defeated the Wildcats 28-26 last week.

JIM LYTLE/Associated PressMississippi State running back Anthony Dixon leaps into the end zone against Houston last week. Dixon needs one more touchdown to become the 12th player in SEC history with at least 40 TDs. 11 Players in SEC history who have scored at least 40 touchdowns, a group that Mississippi State RB Anthony Dixon will join with one more TD. LSU's Kevin Faulk holds the league record with 53 touchdowns from 1995 through 1998. The others in the 40-TD club are Herschel Walker, Dalton Hilliard, Shaun Alexander, Tim Tebow, Carnell Williams, Bo Jackson, Charles Alexander, Deuce McAllister, Darren McFadden and Bobby Humphrey.

11 Punts for Florida this season, the fewest in the nation. The Gators have allowed zero punt-return yards this year.

15 Consecutive victories for Auburn over Kentucky. The Tigers host the Wildcats on Saturday. Kentucky most recently beat Auburn in 1966.

15 Consecutive victories for Florida, the nation's longest winning streak and the longest in school history.

15 Yards needed by Tennessee safety Eric Berry to become the NCAA career leader in interception-return yards, replacing Florida State's Terrell Buckley, who had 501.

17 Straight games in which Florida has intercepted at least one pass, the longest streak in the nation.

17 Victories without a loss for South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier in games against Kentucky. Spurrier's Gamecocks defeated the Wildcats again last week.

18 Years since Florida played in a game with as few points as the Gators' 13-3 victory over LSU on Saturday night. The last time that Florida played in a game in which no more than 16 points were scored was on Oct. 5, 1991, when the Gators beat LSU 16-0. Florida's 13 points were the fewest for the Gators in a game since a 31-3 loss to Alabama on Oct. 1, 2005 -- a stretch of 53 games. The last time Florida scored 13 or fewer points in a game and won was on Nov. 6, 1999, when the Gators beat Vanderbilt 13-6.

19 Years since Georgia suffered a three-game, in-season losing streak. The Bulldogs visit Vanderbilt on Saturday on a two-game losing streak.

26 Games since Alabama allowed an opposing player to rush for at least 100 yards. Ole Miss' BenJarvus Green-Ellis was the most recent rusher to reach triple digits against the Tide when he ran for 131 yards in 2007.

49 Victories for Urban Meyer in 58 games at Florida. If the Gators defeat Arkansas on Saturday, Meyer would tie former Alabama coach Frank Thomas as the fastest in the SEC to reach 50 victories. Thomas posted a 50-5-4 record starting with the SEC's inaugural season of 1933 and stretching to the third game of the 1939 season to become the first coach in the new conference to win 50 games. No one has done it in fewer games since. Meyer enters Saturday's contest with a 49-9 record at Florida.

49 Rushing yards needed by Mississippi State RB Anthony Dixon to break the school career record held by Jerious Norwood, who rushed for 3,212 yards from 2002 through 2005. Dixon has 187 more carries than Norwood.

200 Games as a collegiate head coach for Ole Miss' Houston Nutt when he leads the Rebels against UAB on Saturday. In his 16th season, Nutt has a 123-76 record at Murray State, Boise State, Arkansas and Ole Miss.

2,496 All-purpose yards both gained and given up by Kentucky this season. The Wildcats also have 837 rushing yards and 837 passing yards. The balance doesn't quite carry over to defense, where Kentucky has given up 885 passing yards and 889 rushing yards.

62,657 Spectators at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday to see Ole Miss host Alabama -- a stadium record and an attendance record for an on-campus football game in the state of Mississippi.